that we sholden first enquere for to witen, yif that any swiche
maner good as thilke good that thou has diffinisshed a litel
heer-biforn, that is to seyn, soverein good, may ben founde in the
nature of thinges; for that [veyn] imaginacioun of thought ne
deceyve us nat, and putte us out of the sothfastnesse of thilke
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thing that is summitted unto us. But it may nat ben deneyed
that thilke [good ne is], and that it [nis right as] welle of alle
goodes. For al thing that is cleped inparfit [is proeved] inparfit
by the amenusinge of perfeccioun or of thing that is parfit.